Do or die match in the group. A win would keep us level on points with Juventus - and a better win than the 2-1 loss in Italy would mean we just need to match the number of points Juve gets in the last 2 games to qualify. A draw would mean we would need to recover 4 points from Juve which would be very difficult. A loss would knock us out of Champions League, unless Barcelona lose to Olympiakos in Greece. In any case, assuming Barcelona wins today in Greece, we would just need to draw vs. Olympiakos to guarantee an all-important 3rd place. EDIT: 4 big absentees for this match confirmed. Mathieu and Piccini we knew, but William and Coentrao also out. My predicted line-up: Rui Patricio; Ristovski, Coates, Pinto, Jonathan Battaglia, Bruno Fernandes, Gelson, Acuna Podence, Doumbia
Our young Lions beat Juventus again 2-0 in the UEFA Youth League. Goals from Rafael Leao and Diogo Bras
Oops, didn’t see you had posted a thread. Coates and Fernandes are sitting on yellows. With the importance of the game against Olympiacos next, these guys gotta be careful. Between injuries/cards/rest, I feel this is a throwaway game, unfortunately.
Honestly between this game and Braga, I'd rather we have max. strength for Braga. The league has to be the priority. Of course I expect the best from us today no matter what the result. Besides Europa League is our best chance to get points for Europe. EDIT: I totally forgot that Europe clocks went ahead one hour. Game is at 3:45 PM EST
Bruno César gets so much exposure in the Champions League, outsiders must think he’s the star of the team
They're hoping he has one amazing game and PSG pays 50M for him Juventus line-up: Buffon; De Sciglio, Barzagli, Chiellini e Alex Sandro; Pjanic e Khedira; Cuadrado, Dybala e Mandzukic; Higuaín
Well i think it would be fair to say JJ has thrown in the towel on this one Hopefully we can give a respectable performance at least
If Jonathan and Bruno Cesar (I’m sure he’ll play more central but...) are on the same side at the same time. I imagine Juventus is going to run that side of the field the entire 90 minutes.
Fairly certain BC will play centrally, Acuna and Gelson on the wings. Acuna will need to be covering for Jonathan alot
FIrst chance of the game comes from Bruno Cesar with a nice attempt from outside of the box, first touch off a pass from Dost. Just over the bar.
Svilar saves a PK on Man Utd. Get ready for the articles the rest of the week. "Svilar amazing save" "Svilar the next Neuer"
1-0!! Chuta Chuta!!! Gelson Martins carved up the defense puts one on goal and Bruno Cesar takes the rebound and buries it bottom left corner
Hasn’t really been tested. Won a foul just now against Mandzukic which got him carded. Had a poor cross into Dost in the box with all the time in the world a little bit earlier. He doesn’t look out of place, that’s the best way I could describe his game up to this point.